Denmark Detains Russian Research Vessel In Apparent Legal Dispute
Danish authorities have detained a Russian research vessel north of the Jutland Peninsula in an apparent legal dispute … [reportedly] with a Canadian company […]
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Nord Stream 2 Nears Completion After Clearing Another Hurdle
Denmark cleared … the final hurdle to Nord Stream 2 potentially starting operations in Danish waters, while the U.S. continues its attempt to stop the Russia-led natural gas pipeline project […]
» Read moreJRL NEWSWATCH: “Denmark Gives Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline a Path to Completion” – Wall Street Journal/ Brett Forrest
“U.S. officials fear the pipeline will give Moscow greater political leverage across Europe.” “Denmark granted unexpectedly swift approval for resuming construction of the Russian-backed Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Danish waters, potentially clearing one of … [its] last hurdles …. The pipeline, once finished and certified, will deliver Russian natural gas to Germany …. U.S. lawmakers and officials fear … […]
» Read moreRUSSIALINK: “Denmark Paves Way for Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Restart” – Moscow Times
Russia could restart construction on final pipeline stretch, while U.S. mulls super sanctions bill against project […]
» Read moreNEWSWATCH: “Is it a crime to worship God? According to Russia, yes.” – Washington Post
“… Dennis Christensen … of Denmark, has been held [in Russia] in pretrial detention for 11 months … about to be tried on charges of organizing … activities of an ‘extremist organization,’ the Jehovah’s Witnesses. … [potentially] fac[ing] 10 years in prison. … the Russian Supreme Court declared the group ‘extremist’ and banned it from operating [in Russia]; there were […]
» Read moreNEWSLINK: “COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE” – Irrussianality/Paul Robinson
“… I participated in a conference in Copenhagen to launch a book entitled ‘The New Cold War’, edited by Danish MP Marie Krarup and consisting of interviews she conducted with 17 experts about Russian-Western relations. … I spoke straight after the defence minister. I made three main points … “
» Read moreNEWSLINK Foreign Affairs: Paper Tiger Putin; The Failure of Russia’s Anachronistic Antagonism
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not as strong as he might seem, or, more important, as he might hope. Although Russia supports fighters in Ukraine, invaded Georgia in 2008, sold missile systems to Iran, and recently threatened Denmark and Lithuania with nuclear war, it is, in reality, a muted and restrained power operating in a system that no longer supports […]
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